MedXpert

Best-in-Class Cardiovascular Resource Center

MedXpert is an edited and reviewed warehouse of educational materials, informational articles, proforma analyses, policies and procedures, and other tools—all contributed by industry experts, member programs, and corporate partners. The resources found in MedXpert are focused on the optimization of all program areas and cover a range of topics as listed below.

Developing a model to monitor APP utilization and productivity is an important aspect of your performance management structure. This webinar will outline RVU and non-RVU options for APP productivity measures. It will also include other operational and clinical metrics to measure non-productivity performance of your care team. We will outline national trends for APP compensation along with several examples moving away from salary only to include productivity, quality and citizenship incentives.

Lannae Ewing, Administrative Director of Cardiovascular Surgical Services and Director of Value-Based Care Programs for Lourdes Health System, and Cathie Biga, President and CEO of Cardiovascular Management of Illinois, share tips on the following: Top things for CV organizations to anticipate for 2018; Quality benchmarks for MACRA and MIPS; Top two things practices should embrace for 2018; and Keys to success for 2018.

Advanced Practice Providers are an expensive resource, therefore effective and appropriate utilization is vital. This webinar recording walks through top of license roles and responsibilities in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Included is the exploration of clinical and operational metrics that will help you measure their utilization and outcomes.

In this session we cover the coding challenges and requirements for billing cardiac device and rhythm monitoring servicing. We also review key billing components and the importance of optimizing your clinic.

During this webinar we provide an overview of the New, Revised, and Deleted CPT codes for 2018. We discuss how these changes affect our daily documentation, coding, and reimbursement processes. We also describe changes in the final Medicare physician fee schedule and the OIG workplan.

The second of a coding webinar series, we provide an overview of the changes to Myocardial Infarction (MI) codes, including Episodes of Care, STEMI or NSTEMI, and the impact of ICD-10. We also review appropriate coding and documentation for Assistant of Surgery and Co-surgeon roles as well as Critical Care; when it is appropriate, coordination, and modifiers.